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Criterion
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30-60 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Risk Matrix, Top Risk ListPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping